Melissa A. Tracey

Practice Areas
Family Law
Mediation
Guardian ad Litem for children

Membership
State Bar of Georgia, 2008
Family Law Section of State Bar of Georgia
Forsyth County Bar Association
Supreme Court of Georgia
Court of Appeals of Georgia
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Biography

Melissa A. Tracy devotes her practice to representing clients in the areas of family law and domestic relations.  Prior to joining Meriwether & Tharp, LLC, she worked as an associate for another prominent Atlanta law firm in their family law section and also worked in private practice in Forsyth County.

Melissa earned her law degree, with honors, from the University of Memphis in 2007.  While in law school, Melissa served as an articles editor for the University of Memphis Law Review. Her Note, “The Equally Shared Parenting Time Presumption—A Cure-All or a Quagmire for Tennessee Child Custody Law,” was published by the same publication in its Fall 2007 issue.

Prior to attending law school, Melissa earned a degree in communication from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and worked as a legal assistant for an attorney specializing in bankruptcy and family law.  Melissa resides in Forsyth County with her husband and son.

Education

University of Tennessee, BA in Communications, 2003
University of Memphis, Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, 2007